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Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

IN the August number of the Forum the Rev Dr. Howard Crosby gives the
 result of many years of observation snd investigation into the oanses of actual poverty among the poor of New York City. His experIence may be applied Rs we'll to the poor of any other American city where she rates of wages are above the actual necessities of the worker.
 Dr. Crosby declares that the prime cause of absolute poverty IS improvi- dence. The tendency of the workers IS to improve their method of living ss vages improve, and to save nothing for @ reverse in circumstances. The fact that working men and women have large amounts in the savings. bsnks does not confute this assumption, as it is only portion. and the portion to whom Dr. Crosby's conclusions apply, that are clsssed among the absolutely poor. Those who are really poor, he says, have scOme so because when they bad little more money than they actually needed they did not put portion of 1t by. The average earnings of a working man is estimated at $500 year. This is two dollars day for all the working days with thirteen for holidays and lost time. It may be remarked that day worker who does not lose more than thirteen days in the year in the eastern cities is in one respect fortunate. But taking the doctors calculation he assumes that if a man can earn S600 year he can save $50, In ten years $50 at five per cent will become s637. 50, which will buy home in the suburbs. Owning his own house he would therefore save more than $50 year. In thirty years the worker would possess from S3000 to s5OOO. The condition of life the doctor has gwen especial attention to is that of those who did not save66O a year. who con sequently at thirty did not have S637.5O to buy & home with, and stlll conse- Quently do not have from S3OOO to S5eOO at the age of fifty years. Very naturally  be easily concludes that the really poor are responsible for their poverty, be- cause they might, if so inclined, have saved the $50 year. Probably 1t one hundred cases were taken from real life il will be found that B few could have saved $50 year and did not. But We apprehend that there will be a larger number who were prevented by causes over which they had DO control from putting by the regular $50 year. One year it might be sickness, another lack of employment. and third the loss often resulting from an attempt to do better. The tendency to improvIdence Dr. Crosby divides Impsrtislly between the husband and wife. The husbands weakness is the saloon; the wife's weak ness, love of dress. These two causes are responsible. In his opinion, for near ly all the absolute poverty in this coun- try.-S. F. Call.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

IRE subject of storage reservoirs for water, for irngating purposes is begin. ming to receive attention in this terri tory. There are millions of acres of land here that might be made produc- tive if proper storage reservoirs were built so that the water which annually runs to waste during the rainy season, could be stored for use when needed. The mountain ranges of the territory furnish hundreds of plnces which, by the expenditure of small amount of money, could be transformed into stor age reservoirs of great capacity. Mil lions of acres of government lands which are now comparatively worthless could be reclaimed by this means and sold for far price. IT Congress would sppro- priste money to build reservoirs of this kind the government would be more than reimbursed for the outlay from the sale of pnblIc lands which otherwise will remain unoccupied except for grazing.-Silver City Sentinel.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
Went Visiting.

Gen. Grierson, commanding tbis mIlI- tary district. received 6 telegram last night from bis RdjutHpt, Major Wood ward. now at Fort stanton, stating that squad of Mescalero Apsches which recently left the reserve to visit the Indian Territory had been overhauled fifty miles east of the Pecos river. IL seems that fer some weeks past a party of Commanche braves from the Nation have been down there paying a summer visit to their red brothers on the Mes calero Apache reserve, Tn Lincoln coun- ty. They related some rather glowing tales relative to the beauty of tbe Na- tion as a summer resort in comparison to the Lincoln climate, and when the Commanches got ready to start home nine of the Mescslero tribe slipped of the reserve and started for the Indian Territory also. Officers st Fort Stanton were notified and Lieut., Scott, of 6.h Cavalry, went in pursuit with result above stated. The Mescaleros msde no resistance, but were not at all pleasad at having their summer Isunt brokI en up.
 The Commacbes were admonished by Lieut. Scott never agsin to come down here and disrupt the quietude of the New Mexico Apache and were allowed to continue theIr journey homeWsrd.- Santa Fe New Mexican.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

WAR has been declared by the var lous medical societies of Washington oa those department officials and clerks vho practice medicine out of office hours in the departments. There are nearly 100 doctors scattered about in the de- psrtments, some of whom are excellent physicians, others are beginners and 8 large majority are failures, who have sought clerkship to get theIr daily bread. There is constant temptation to many o: those physicians to practice. They naturally secure patients among their fellow clerks, while some openly hang out 8 sign and beat up business asst duously. An energetic doctor can at tend to quite number of patients be- fore 9 o'clock in the morning and i o'clock in the afternoon.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
saIeido,s Slayer in Jail.

Sheriff Slaughter returned last night at sbout l1:30 o'clock from the San Bernsrdino ranch, having m custody Mendibles, the man who murdered Thomas Salcido some weeks ago St Fairbsnk, by stsbbing him through the heart in a house of i'll fame. Sheriff Slaughter has known for some time where the culprit vss, but ss he was in Sonora. 1t was impossible for him to make the arrest. SO he used Q little strategy and bad the murderer entlced to cross tbe lIne, near the San Bernsr- dino ranch, where he nailed him.
 The prisoner is a man about thirty years of age, snd is a pretty good look ing Merlcan. The Sheriff says be is a hard customer and that he had to be chained and also hsndcuffed, and that be fought desperately. Upon oeing placed behind the bars last night he was very docile. but said nothing'
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

TEE Kansas, Garden City Sentinel, commenting on 8 recent decision by Commissioner of Pensions Black, men tlOns the case of a man enlisted as a volunteer in the war for the Union and rendered faithful service ss a soldier till be was taken prisoner and shut up in 8 rebel prison, where he was in double danger of death from starvation and disease. In this situation he made known to his fellow prisoners his inten- tion to enlist in the rebel army ss 8 means of escape from prison with the determination to escape at the first op- portunity and rejoin his regiment. And this plan he actually carried out. he reIoined hIs comrades in the Unlon army, fought brsvely to the end of the var and now applies for 8 pension for disabilities incurred after his escape From the rebel prison, The facts are all proved and all admitted, but Oomnis- sioner Black decides that he can draw DO pension because there is a clause ID The pension act that prohibits the pay ment Of pensions to any persons who at any time aided the rebellion.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

WE have before maintained that the great mssEs of southern Arizonos were especially adapted to grape culture and marvelled much thst they have hitherto beed allowed to lie barren, worthless and unproductive. Our belief is still farther augmented by s box of grspes received st at this office through the kindness Of Mir. W. L. Whepley of Phe- nix. The grapes were Salt river grown and so fine that we would not hesitate to match them either for & wine or table grape. against the best production of the world. There were several var ieties of these grapes and they were all equally fine. Why for successive cen- turies-for Tucson is very old-our grepe lands have remained untitled can never De answered. Probably the apathy of the presenr and past generations, are in measure responsible for this unpsr- donsble shortcoming. Some fine day people with more enterprise than our selves will come in Gnd cultivate these plains and plant orchards and vineyards and sstonish the world with the qnsnti ty and quality of their productions, Let us see who will be the first to noveiL the matter.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
Painless Regulation .

It is no longer question of doubs- although the contrary was once be- heved-thst medicines winch produce violent effects are unsulted to other than desperate emergencies. In other words. that super-potent remedies are calculated to weaken and iuiure the sys- tenn rather than reform its irreguiari- ties. Among medicines of debilIting effect are cathartics and cholagOgues which copiously and sbrubtly evacuEte the bowels. Because it does not do this Hostetter's Stomache Bitters IS prCa
 ble to the dreDehing class of purR s1fera- Painless m its effect. it Is sufsS hives active to remedy chronic ciustipAuuu. It relieves by invigoratinR sbe intes- tines, and enables, hot forces. them Co perform the duty imposed upon them by nature, Promoting the secretion of bile in normal quantities by It's health fully stimulating effect upon the liver. 1t is eminently conducive to digestion. and contributes in no small degree to keep the bowels regular.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
THE ROBBERS.
The Trail Struck but obIitera.ed by
 the Rain

'f@h Struck but Obliterated by
 the Rain
 Sheriff Mike Nugen., Chris Ohristen. son and the two Yuma Indian trailers returned from tracking the robbers this afternoon.
 It seems that on leaving the cave the robbers went straight up the mountain above. At the apex of the range is an immense rock and the robbers appear to have remained in this vicinity some time as they had several times walked backwards and forward along its base before going down the side of the range. almost at right angles from where they went up. At the bottom of the range IS deep canyon which divides it from an sdlolpiIg spur of the same range. Ihls they crossed and then started in n dizzy course for the top of the spur which overlooks Pantano, On the top they Tested md lunehed, aud left some dried meat and biscuits and potatoes. At this point the two men separated and it was found imtos- slble 10 track them further. Finally. however, just at dark last night the trail was again struck op tbe fiat near an old deserted station. about one mile from the Mountain Spring. The posse went into camp intending to take up the trail at daylight this morning, but a vio-| lent ram storm which came up in the night completely oblitersted the tracks. The indications were that the robbers were going directly towards Pantsnn. The posse went there but could learn nothing, and were still on the search when Messrs. Nueent and Christensen came away.
 MT. Christensen, from whom the above information was obtained, states that on examination of the Mountain Springs house a number ot Giant caps were found under the floor, In the cave a new gold ring was found. IL IS now in the possession of Detective Har- ris. The whereabouts of the robbers is entirely a matter of conjecture. They went toward or 10 the railroad, but beyond that nothing was known at the time of Mir, Ohristensou's 8 leaving. He confirms the statement that but two men were engaged ID the robbery. The general impression IS that the robbers will as before escape scot free.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

RENEWED interest in the recent train robbery has been manifested since 1t Nss sscertsined that the deed was done oy two men only. and notwithstanding The bad business they were engaged m, much admiration is expressed for the nerve they displayed In securing their oooty. Some people refuse and with a iair show of reason. to believe that two men could hold A well officered train up TUT one hour and ten minutes as these 'oooefs certainly did, be there two or oo2en Of them. They of course were is'oted by the night, and by 6 general oi'f'ibution of bullets conveyed the i'm p'esaion that they were more numerous 'HAh they actually were, The robbers O'"i'ns'snding their professions to ue contrary. were murderously inclin- GU end 1t is simply wonderful that one VI more men were not killed by the fy- aug aug bullets. The overturning of the To- tS.. SOuVe and tender with the possibility nnS ootn engineer and fireman were from ueeih tteh elicited but brutal remark
 'ne'r Vould-be slsyers.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
Give Them A Chance :

That IS to say. your lungs. Also all your breathing machinery. Very won derful machinery it is. Very wonderful m achinery it is. Not only the larger sIr-passsges. but the thousands of little tubes and cavities leading from them.
 When these are clogged and ohoked with matter which ought not to be there. your lungs cannot half do their work. And what they do, they cannot do well.
 Gall it cold, cough, croup. pneumonia. cstsrrh, consumption or any of the fam fly of throat and. nose and head snd lung obstructions, all are had. All ought to be got rid of. There IS just one sure way to get rid of them. That is to take Boscbee's German Syrup which any druggist will sell you at 75 cents a bottle. Even if everything else has failed you. you may depend upon this for certain.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

As the Live Stock Association now m session at Prescott. have requested the Territorial Board of Equalization to as sess stock Tn various counties of the Territory, except Cochise. Apache and Pima, at slL75 per head; in Cocbise and Pima at sll, and Apache at $Il.5O The board will undoubtedly follow their suggestions. This wiIl raise the asses able ualue of on stock in this county, $500 per head. The original rate fixed oy the Pima County Supervisors wes $500 per head.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
A BIG ST RIKE.
averi,able Bonan.. Discovered.

A Ncr1thble lbonanNA Discovered.
 For the past two days the Arizouien has been epdesvoring to catch the vhis- pers that seemed to indicate that there WAS something new and big ID mining circles of this region. To-day the r,- porter gained the data which, while en- tirely unofficial" and coming from b source outside of anyone connected with the mine, IS deemed reliable.
 For year past many of our readers know that a California company has been steadily pushing the work of de- velOpin2 the Union Mine, situated ID the Wiunifred district some fourteen miles from this city, Like most Pacific coast companies, newspaper notoriety and public interest was not cOurted, but the operations were conducted on a sys- temstic and business basis. For several months a stsmp mill has been on the grounds. but as the lack of wuter pre- vented the operating of the same, work of sinking the man shaft has steadily continued. This reached a depth of four hundred feet some two weeks ago Then it was concluded to crOss-cut for the main ledge at the 9O0-foot level.
 Here IS where the big strike was made three or four days since. The crOss-cut penetrated the main ledge which was five feet wide, in solid ore, with a pay streak over three feet in width. The ore taken from the latter Is literally bespsngled with free gold, and sad to be richer than that taken from the Vul- ture mine in its most pslmy days. In drifting. this ledge shows DO indications of decreasing value. while the vein is widening with depth,
 Immense dumps If valuable ore has previously been taken from the Union mine, insnring its permanency, but nothing of the character of the new strike has previously been encountered.
 While the information the reporter It. ceived is from an indirect source. it is thoroughly reliable. and IS convincing that thelUnion mine will be a bonsnzs that will contribute great wealth to Msricopa county. The people will snK- iously avaIt further developments Of the wonderful lmine.-Arizonian.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

TIE robbers were one hour and ten minutes at the train from the time they signslled the train to stop till they had got through robbing 1t. This hardly seems possible but it nevertheless is B fact. The large man who stood near the forward end of the sleeper and gave directions called the smaller man "Pis- sol" and several times advised him to hurry up. He swore at Pistol once and told him to come when he wRs called,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

THE Arizons CITIZEN boastfully claims that Southern Arizona will yet be the greatest grape producing country in the world, and that the grapes from there will as for exceed the California grape Tn wine-making properties ss the Cali tornis grape now exceeds the wild and uDcultivated varieties. 4 loud claim ! Now jet Southern Arizona go ahead and do it. There's fair field and no isYor, and Los Angeles county will fur nish the outtings.-L. A. Times.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
RilliOusupSs

We have tested its virtues personally, and know that for dyspepsia, bilious ness ond thro5bing headache, it is the beet medicine the world ever saw. We tried forty other remedies before Sim mons Liver Regulator, but none of them gave us more than temporary re- lief. the Regulator not only relieved but cured us."-H. H. JONES, Ed. Telegraph and Messenger, Macon, Ga.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

UNDER 8 recent ruling of Commis- sioner Sparks, no party locating desert land can contract or agree 10 sell or transfer all or any portion of hls entry to any party for consideration to en- ble him to prove up on said entry. Proof of having accepted such assist ance will be regarded as fraud and the land thrown open for contest.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
A Lucky New Yorker Gained Thou
 sands.

Mir. Dsrious R. Burr of 179 Forsyth St, New York city. is a happy comoins- tion of the lucky and the mentally we'll balanced. On the 12th of this monih he won $I5.OOO in the regular monthly drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery Company. and on Saturday last , the Adams Express Company. which col lected 1t at New Orleans, gave him the full amount. He stuck 10 his post ss assistant superintendent of agents or the Metropolitan Life Insurance Som- psny, 32 Park Plsce.-New York Dsiiy News, July 26.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

TIE new code postpones the fall term of District Courts from September 1st to October 1st. Grand iuries of course follow the same ruling. Where the wisdom of this change is to be found the code fails to explain.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

JrDsE MEYER. sitter 8 careful exsmi- nation of the new code, says: "It con- ,sins much bad grammar, [ good deal of whisky and very little law. The inter pretstion of cocktails have been alto sether too frequent
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

THE CITIZEN has information of ,,nO n, land thieves ID this city. We are likewise cognizant of the names of this gsng snd will in due time make them public. Our advice to the ring is ,o slou-yery slow.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
pneLIin,s Arniea SaIya.

The Bss, Salve in the world for Outs, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum- Fever Sores, Tetter, Chspped Hands OhiIblains, Oorns, and all Skin EruP- tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed 10 give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Geo. Martin.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
Tn the Puhlie.

Having purchased the Insurance business of Wm. A. Scott. IT,, all busI- ness heretofore intrusted b him will re % ceive the same care and attention by the undersigned.
 I'm UNDERWOOD 3; WILLIAMS.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
SATURDAY. AUGUST 30. 1887.
So..1s. eI X g Church Street.

T1s whispered in heaven. that Tom nv Gates is 10 be relegsted to private lie st the next meeting of the prison commission. Whats Tommy been doing noE2
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
For Sale.

Horse, buggy and harness in frst-elsss aopdition, Address Box 62, Tucson.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
SEVEN MINUTES.

The terrible momentum of those fifty coaches and heavy engines. flying st the rate of mile a minute. can be under stood. As the train came laundering down on the bridge. the engineer of the front engine was mortified tO see that the bridge was oo fire. There was no chance to stop, even had there been warning. as 1t would have taken a mile to stop the train. The first engine kept the rails. As It vent over. the bridge fell beneath it, and it could only have been the terrific speed of the train which saved the lives of the engineer and hls fireman. The next engine was down in stanily and the coaches were piled on top ot each other in the twinkliDg of an eye. Nearly
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20

MANCHESTER, Va. Aug. 13-A tsle- gram from Woodsock says that Senator Riddleberger who vas yesterday sen senoed by Judge Newman of the County Court to DO, . fine of s25 and to be in- nrisoued for Ave days. for contempt of ,,ourt vas released from iail last night
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-08-27
Two Barns Burned.

Two barns, with their contents, have been
destroyed by fire in this county this week,
causing considerable loss.
The first one destroyed was that on the
farm of j. Valentine Horn, mile north OF
Mt. Airy, ON Sunday night last, about Q
O'Clock. The barn was fine one, G0x90
feet, and with it were consumed the seasons
crop of hay, straw, wheat, oats, farming i'm
elements and harness, the live stock being
saved. The origin of the fire is not known,
and the loss is about Sc, 900, upon which there
is a fair insurance Although fifteen miles in
an air line from Westminster, the glare of the
fire was visible in this city. The heavens
were so brightly lighted that the fire was not
supposed to be more than four or six miles
distant.
On Monday night, about half past ten
o. clock, another fire was seen to the north
west of Westminster. 1t was located between
Taneytown and Littlestown, but investigation
on Tuesday morning disclosed that it was
much nearer, and that the fire was on the
farm of Samuel w. Erb, about three quarters
of mile from Union Mills. The large barn,
5Ox90 feet, was discovered to be on fire about
that hour, the flames bursting through the
roof when first discovered. The bell on the
farm was rung, and the neighbors assembled,
but it was too late to do any good. The barn
and its contents-implements, grain, &c.-
were speedily consumed, and nothing but the
live stock was rescued One of the unfortu-
nate circumstances of the fire, was the fact that
the farm was advertised to be sold at trustee 5
sale the day after The sale was postponed
until after the insurance is adjusted. The
insurance on barn and contents was 81, 700 in
the Dug Hill Company.